calash

noun

1. (alt-of, alternative, historical)Alternative form of calèche (“type of carriage with low wheels”).
2. (historical)A silk and whalebone hood worn by ladies to shade the face.

   “Mrs. Lobb, an elderly lady, in a green calash, from the sign of the ‘Fan’, in Dyot-street, St. Giles's, was announced by Kit Finney, the mason's son, as wishing to see Mr. Nollekens.”